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D. E. PARIS. Cookihg Stove.

No. 78,686. Patented June 9, 1868.

M mi DANIEL E. PARTS, OF TROY, NEW YORK.

Letters Patent No. 78,686, dated June 9, 1868.

WATER-RESERVOIR ATTACHMENT TO GOOKING-STOVES.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, DANIEL E. PARIS, of the city of Troy, in the countyof Rensselaer, and State of New Yorlqhave invented new and usefulImprovements in Water-Reservoirs for Stoves; and I do hereby declarethat the following is a clear and accurate description of the same,reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, and letters ofreference marked thereon, like letters representing like parts, in'whichFigure 1 is a perspective view of a cooking-stove, with the reservoirattached.

Figure 2 is a sectional side view, taken through the centre of thestove, lengthwise, showing the reservoir, together with the flue-chamberC underneath it, and the smoke-flue B at the back of the reservoir.

Figure 3 shows the piece forming both the flue-chamber G and also anextension-piece, by means of which the top surface of the stove, as seenat M D M in fig. 1, is extended rearward.

Figure 4 is a perspective outline of the rear part of the stove-top,together with the extension-piece D, showing also-the movable piece Hattached to the stove-back.

Figure 5 shows this, movable piece detached from the back plate oft-hestove, leaving the opening, K, seen in Figure 6.

It is very desirable to so construct a cooking-stove that it can be usedwith or without a reservoir. In the invention of Paris 8: Davis,forwhich application has been made for a patent, this was done byelevating the bottomof the reservoir sufficiently far above thepipe-collar to allow the products of combustion to pass oii" into thesmoke-flue B, above the top plate of the stove, while in this inventionthe flue is formed below the top plate of the stove, in the ordinaryway-the new features being, first, the sink or elevated place, G, in thebottom of the reservoir, which is not made-for a flue, but simply to setover and accommodate itself to the pipe-collar F; and the second newfeature is the movable piece H, fitted over the opening K, in thecentral part of the back plate of the stove, (if the stove is made withthree fiues,) and at or near its top edge.

By these two combinations, or by the latter, I am enabled to constructmy stove with or without a reservoir, a thing that is exceedinglydesirable, for potone person in twenty who buys a cooking-stove gets onewith a reservoir, but probably more than halt would like ,to get itafterwards, if possible; but heretofore" it has been impossible toattach a reservoir to an ordinary stove and make it serviceable andsymmetrical. In this invention the stoves are made in the ordinary way,except that the movable piece H is made and attached to the back ofevery stove, and the holes L L are east through the top plate, as seenin figs. 1 and 4.

These. changes cost little extra, and they do not injure the stove atall. The stove is then put on the market and sold, and then at any timeafterwards, either before or after it is sold by the retail dealer, ifthe party who is to use the stove wishes a reservoir, he can order one,together with the extension or sink-piece D, and, either before or afterthe stove is put in use, the reservoir can be attached to the-stovesimply by removing the loose piece H, fig.'5, whichis done by taking outthe belt at J. The loose piece H is then laid aside, and thereservoir-scat and extension=piece D is put in its place, and the samebolt that held the piece H now holds the piece D at the bottom, whileanother bolt, at either of its front corners, L L, holds said piecefirmly in its place. The reservoir is then set on in its place, and itsits down level because of the sink or elevated place G in the bottom ofthe reservoir, which is made to accommodate'the pipe-collar F. This sinkor elevated place may extend, if desired, clear to the back side of thereservoir, or only rearward far enough to sit over the pipe-- collar, asshown in the drawings. I

It will be seen that the extension-piecc D projects farther backwardthan necessary to accommodate the reservoir. This is done so as to forma covering to a warming-closet, or hot oven, which is attached to and issupported by the extension-piece l), the closet being bolted to saidpiece, at either side or end, through the holes L and M; and hereinconsists the superiority of this invention over that of Paris 86 Davis,hereinbefore alluded to, because by that mode of constructing andattaching a reservoir, no place is made or provided for awarming-closet. But that reservoir has one advantage over this, in thatit can be attached to any kind of stove, whether made for it or not,while this can only be attached to stoves previously made with themovable piece H,

by the removal of which the. products of combustion pass from therea rcentral flue, E, of the stove'into the flue-chamber or reservoir-seat C,and thence upward through the smoke-flue B into the exit-pipe.

The depressed or sunken par't'of the piece D spreads. out and extends onthe back of thestove, froth side to side, for two reasons: first, toheat the reservoir better, by exposing to the heat more of itsbottom-surface; and, second, if the stove be a two ilue stove, it is .somade in order to allow the opening K, together with the loose piece H,to be moved farther to one side ofthe stove, so as to be opposite theflue desired.

The extension-piece D forms a'complete covering, andat the same time a.support for the 'hot closet, the combination of both of which forming anew feature. I t I I It will be seen that I do not claim here a-flue inthe bottom of the reservoir, for the raised place G. is not made for anysuch purpose, but simply to accommodate the reservoir to thepipe-collar. Thus, were the pipecollar not there, but simplyan openingthrough the top at F, then this raised place G would not be necessary.The bottom of the reservoir, however, is exposedito the heat of the backflues oi'the stove, or one of them, to

the extent of the size of the pipe-collar, which is avaluuble feature,as it gives so much more heating-surf'ace in the most desirable place.

The pipe-collar, or opening through thetop plate of the stove, could beomitted entirely, although it would be an inferior-arrangement, and thusthe raised place in the reservoir would also be omitted, as follows: Inplace of the loose piece H, what is known as a fpipe-collar bag, with aplace made on it for a smoke-pipe, could be put over the opening K, andused ,in this way as a common or plain-top stove, and thenremoved, andthe piece Dput in its place, when used as a reservoir-top stove But thisarrangement would be-n'rore expensive;

besides,- it would decrease the heating-surface of the reservoir byclosing the opening through .the'stove-top.

Another feature of this invention may be noticed, which is of scarcelyless value than any heretofore alluded to, that is, the convertibilityof the stove into a plain-top or a reservoir-top stove, for it can beused either way, as desired, according to the position it is placed in,for summer or winter use; and then, again, if the reservoir gets out oforder, and it is necessary to send it away to be repaired, the stove canbe converted at once into a plain-top stove, and so used until thereservoir is returned. This is impossible with the old style ofreservoir, for when sent faway to be repaired, no fire could be made inthe stove till it be returned,.which would be exceedingly inconvenient,especially in cold weather.

Having thus described my invention, what I'claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-- 1. A. cooking-stove, constructed to be'used withor without a water-reservoir, by means of an opening throughthe backofthe stove, through which the due passes when used with a reservoir,and which is closed by a movable piece, or by a fpipe-collar bag," whenused as a plain-top stove, substantially as herein shown and described.

2. A pipe-collar, or a flue-opening, through the rear partwf the topplate of a cooking stove or range, arranged to receive a smoke-pipe,also an opening through the-back plate of the stove, arranged to receivea reservoir-seat or flue-chamber, so that either opening may be usedseparately or alternatelyas an exit-pussage,

substantially as and for the purpose described.

3. A reservoir or water-tank, having the whole or a part of thebottom-surfuce elevated sufficiently far to 'sit over an ordinarypipe-collar, and so that the outer edges of the reservoir will set downlevel on thc stove-top, substantially as herein shown and described.

I 4. The extension-piece or reservoir-seat D, serving both as a:sunkenpit or flue-chamber, underneath the reservoir, and also as a topcovering to a warming-closet, when said piece or seat is fitted to andcombined with an ordinary stove-top, and so arranged that the stove canbe used with orwitliout said piece, substantially as herein describedand .set forth. r v DANIEL E. PARIS.

Witnes'ses:

LOUIS Po'r'rnn, Gnns. E. Porrnn.

